>> ^shponglefan:

There's something oddly disturbing about this video...


I agree. And I love it. It blurs the line between play and reality. One of the key features of play is that it has no real consequences, but this video shows what would happen if that barrier were to disappear. I think it does a great job too of contrasting the cruelty of the adult world with the innocence of children... or perhaps the cruelty of children with the naivety of adults who think of them as innocent? Either way, it is great.

incoming french missiles in 3....2.........

>> ^Ryjkyj:

None, you're right, I was drunk and smoking crack. There has been no popular comedic theme regarding the French and warfare... ever. That would be insensitive. I forgot. Please, please, please forgive me.

Cheers for the quality!
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awesome animation!
*quality

>> ^dannym3141:

>> ^Gallowflak:
Why are they imitating racecars?

They're different to you and make different noises when they're scared for their lives and the lives of all of their loved ones when something unstoppable hangs over their heads.
LOL DAT FUNNY!?!?


Well, when I'm scared for my life I imitate rare, exotic tropical birds. I just figured that was the norm.

Strange, I'll have to look at the local properties -- it sounds like you guys flood the same way our areas flood here, specifically. Last major flood in Salt Lake City was in 82'-83' after monsoon rains and a heavy winter melt (this is 15-35 minute drive, but on one of two major highways going downtown.

That "flood" (City Creek flood) was something to behold as the community was driven into overdrive and created a man-made river going down Salt Lake Valley's state street (if you run google earth state street goes right into the middle of downtown, with LOTS of businesses. The flood river was pretty long from memory, like 6-10 miles. They built man-made river and then built bridges every block to get across (that is community power!). I remember standing on a bridge, amazed that humans could triumph over nature that well, sometimes.

The flood was bigger than what it says as there was flooding down all major canyon rivers and creeks (everything I-15, which goes into L.A., & east needed to be worried -- again google earth will show you the roads, rivers and creeks --, same with the Jordan River and next to the Great Salt Lake (which had been flooding over and over again for years -- they made a giant drain at one end of the lake and created an evaporation pond to dump excess into. No more floods for the lakes anymore and many flood rivers and creeks areas are cut-off and gone now (put underground).

Good luck to you guys. Hopefully, it lets up.

edit-Damn I was looking and some of the setups are the same except you get tropical (we almost never get tropical monsoons unless a hurricane hits off of California and moves in; otherwise, we get little garbage thunderstorms that cause "local" problems). No cyclones/hurricanes to ever worry about as the mountains would rip a tropical depression to shreds. Snowpack is our "cyclone".

>> ^dag:

The last massive flood in the Brisbane area was in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974_Brisbane_flood">1974. This is the monsoon season- but most years it just means thunderstorms.
Still raining heavily this morning. Animals are pairing up.

Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag. (show it anyway)

The last massive flood in the Brisbane area was in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974_Brisbane_flood">1974. This is the monsoon season- but most years it just means thunderstorms.

Still raining heavily this morning. Animals are pairing up.

>> ^kceaton1:

>> ^dag:
promote because it's still raining hard

Is that area prone to flooding every so often. I just thought it was interesting that the clay was so red, as that is what I've noticed in Red Rock (central-southern Utah here and some of the outlying "badlands")areas and gullies in canyons.
Is this more of a monsoon type event or tropical? We get monsoons (some big hail or "lots" of hail, sometimes a few inches worth and torrential rain), but not tropical ones that engorge everything with water just squalls of tiny thunderstorms (like the tornado that hit downtown Salt Lake years ago...)

>> ^dag:

promote because it's still raining hard


Is that area prone to flooding every so often. I just thought it was interesting that the clay was so red, as that is what I've noticed in Red Rock (central-southern Utah here and some of the outlying "badlands")areas and gullies in canyons.

Is this more of a monsoon type event or tropical? We get monsoons (some big hail or "lots" of hail, sometimes a few inches worth and torrential rain), but not tropical ones that engorge everything with water just squalls of tiny thunderstorms (like the tornado that hit downtown Salt Lake years ago...)

I'm partial to a variety that they didn't mention:

Some event or agent eliminates 99-99.999999% of all the human life on the planet, but you're one of the random survivors. Could be a nuclear war and you were in a blast / fallout gap, a disease or virus that you are randomly immune to, etc.

Would be cooler if the majority of buildings, infrastructure, etc. were still standing and operational (at least short-term) after the event, so the disease/virus scenario supports that better. Walk in to a Ferrari/whatever showroom, drive away in an unattended vehicle of your choice, go somewhere semi-tropical for winter, and eat canned food remaining on store shelves.

I spent countless hours imagining myself in that sort of scenario when I was younger. I've always been an introvert, but there were a lot of times back then when I figured I'd be better off without the vast majority of other human beings around to bother me. I have a somewhat more positive view of humanity at large now, but if an apocalypse was necessary and I could elect the variety I'd still go for that one.

>> ^Deano:

You must miss certain things. What about the beer and the weather? (yes I like our varied weather)
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>> ^Hybrid:
I'm so proud to be British right now.

I'm so proud to have fled the island completely. Just when I start getting a bit homesick, the sift fixes me right up.


Well, I've moved to Australia (on account of my wife being a citizen) so the beer is pretty great, and the weather is a mixture of clear blue skies, humid and overcast days and tropical storms. Actually, Winter is very much like Summer in England. It's not too hard to get used to.

I do still get nostalgic, though, and there are things about the place that I appreciate in a new light, viewing the UK from a distance.

sounds like some exotic, tropical bird's mating call

Agreed. Don't fix what's not broken. The only reason I can see for remaking this movie is to cash in on the people who are too lazy to read subtitles or otherwise cant stand any other language than English spoken in a movie. Then again, for a studio that might not seem like a bad reason...

>> ^oohlalasassoon:

This may end up being decent in its own right, but are subtitles that bad? Why throw away the incredible camera work of the original, the performances of and chemistry between the original actors, simply to translate to English?
The remake just seems to owe its existence to some bigwig film studio exec. I'm picturing Tom Cruise's Les Grossman from Tropic Thunder.

This may end up being decent in its own right, but are subtitles that bad? Why throw away the incredible camera work of the original, the performances of and chemistry between the original actors, simply to translate to English?

The remake just seems to owe its existence to some bigwig film studio exec. I'm picturing Tom Cruise's Les Grossman from Tropic Thunder.

It sounded like he said we are headed towards another ice age @ 9,000+ years from now? That is equivalent to @ 10 Tropical Yoda lives.

Very cool! Though, if someone asks me if my age is in tropical or whatever other kind of years, it still means they're a pretentious dick.

>> ^ctrlaltbleach:

This is Russia? Looks a lot like Sea World.


>> ^volumptuous:

Yeah, I love the palm trees on the beaches in Russia. Such a tropical environment.


You'd best be trolling T___T